The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is a fantasy novel for children by C. S. Lewis, published in 1950. It was the first published of seven novels in The Chronicles of Narnia (1950–1956); it is volume two in recent editions, which are sequenced according to Narnian history.
In 2005, the story was adapted for a theatrical film, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.